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Webster 1913 Edition
Dine
Dine
,Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Dined
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Dining
.] [F.
dîner
, OF. disner
, LL. disnare
, contr. fr. an assumed disjunare
; dis-
+ an assumed junare
(OF. juner
) to fast, for L. jejunare
, fr. jejunus
fasting. See Jejune
, and cf. Dinner
, D[GREEK]jeuner
.] To eat the principal regular meal of the day; to take dinner.
Now can I break my fast,
dine
, sup, and sleep. Shakespeare
To dine with Duke Humphrey
, to go without dinner; – a phrase common in Elizabethan literature, said to be from the practice of the poor gentry, who beguiled the dinner hour by a promenade near the tomb of Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, in Old Saint Paul’s.
Dine
,Verb.
T.
1.
To give a dinner to; to furnish with the chief meal; to feed;
as, to
. dine
a hundred menA table massive enough to have
dined
Johnnie Armstrong and his merry men. Sir W. Scott.
2.
To dine upon; to have to eat.
[Obs.]
“What will ye dine.” Chaucer.
Webster 1828 Edition
Dine
DINE
,Verb.
I.
DINE
,Verb.
T.
Definition 2024
Diné
diné
diné
French
Verb
diné m (feminine singular dinée, masculine plural dinés, feminine plural dinées)
- past participle of diner
Anagrams
Navajo
Etymology
From di- (thematic prefix relating to action performed with the arms and legs) + -né (stem noun, “man”, “person”). Compare Chipewyan dëné, Dogrib done, Sarcee dìná.
Pronunciation
Noun
diné (plural dineʼé, distributive plural dadineʼé)
Derived terms
- diné bee naagehé (bus)
- Diné bizaad (Navajo language)
- Dinékʼehgo